Learning vocabulary with songs. This activity helps to learn at least 20 words and expressions to talk about appearance. The activity is based on the song "Freckles" by Natasha Bedingfield. The slideshow includes teacher's notes, introduction of the vocabulary and a ready-to-use handout.

1. Learning Vocabulary with
songs – Appearance
Based on the song “Freckles” by
NATASHA BEDINGFIELD
Developed by Alina Dashkewitz

2. Vocabulary: appearance
Level: B1 – B2 rmxtrailmix.deviantart.com

3. 1. Pre-teach the vocabulary on
appearance in the next following slides.
2. Print out the slides with the lyrics and
cut them up along the dotted lines.
3. Give each student a cut-up copy of the
lyrics.
4. Play the song once (if you play it on
YouTube, make sure the video doesn’t
have lyrics displayed).

4. 5. As the students listen to the song for the first
time, they arrange the lyrics in order and fill
in the gaps with missing words/phrases.
6. Play the song for the second time to allow the
students to check their answers and to
complete the gaps they have missed during
the first listening.
7. As a follow-up activity, you can have a quiz on
the words and phrases that the students had
to use in order to fill in the gaps.

6. Self Doubt - Lena Yang. (Graphic by Lena Yang)

7. Funnysun.net

8. www.thanksmailcarrier.com

9. www.mediawebapps.com

10. www.picturesdepot.com

12. quotes-lover.com

13. www.lyricsonmywall.com

14. www.bubblews.com

15. dontgiveupworld.com

16. www.keepace.com

17. blog.oup.com

18. www.zazzle.com animalrights.about.com

21. The song is available on Youtube at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-vWKSzqBOk

22. I used to ______ what others think about
Almost didn’t have a ___________
The ______ ______ would make me embark
On the journey of _______
But that was a while ago
This girl _____ ____ _____
If I knew then what I know now
I would have told myself don't _____ any longer it's OK

23. 'cause a face without ____ is like a sky without stars
Why ______ __ _____not loving who you are.
Those little ______ make you beautiful, ______, ______,
They show your ________ inside your heart
______ who you are.
I ______ if I could _____ with somebody else in magazines
Would the whole world fall _____?
I felt ______ and I blamed my failures on the ______ I
could see.

24. When the ______ looked at me
Sometimes I still feel like the little girl
Who doesn’t _______ __ her own world
But I am getting better
And I'm reminding myself

25. Text1:enter your text1. Care so much
about
2. Thought of my
own
3. Slightest remark
4. Self-doubt
5. Has got
stronger
6. Worry
7. Freckles
8. Waste a second
9. Imperfections
10.Loveable
11.Valuable
12.Personality
13.Reflecting
14.Wondered
15.Trade my body
16.At my feet
17.Unworthy
18.Ugliness
19.Belong in

26. Have  learning!